Interesting story. I would have expected that Harry's power would have returned when Voldemort died. After all, the null effect ended. Wouldn't it be like imperio? If you kill the wizard casting it, the spell ends. Harry not getting his magic back made for a disappointing ending. I could see him taking an alternate identity, but not being a non-wizard completely. That's just too unHarry -- after all, even in your story he always manages to win out in the end.
Anyway, it was a creative piece, worth reading. You had some good humorous parts, too. I enjoyed the prank on George at the beginning. Harry's "demise" was handled well, too. But Luna's clairvoyance was not very accurate. She should have recognized that Harry was never really gone (but then the plot line would've suffered).
Author's response
Harry wasn't cursed by a spell, but by a curse gem, which cause a 'magic sink' (for lack of a better term) to the matching gem in Tom. When Tom died, his gem still existed, in what was left of his corpse, and the magic continued to drain to it. What did die with Tom was the boost he received from the virgin ritual, which caused the null magic field to bloom outside of Harry's body, which is why Bellatrix's final crucio hurt him. As long as any part of Tom continues to exists as matter (which is to say pretty much forever) the magic sink exists. Harry 'won' by surviving, which was a pretty good trick if you think about it.
I disagree about the accuracy of Luna's clairvoyance. She could see her own future. Yes she knew Marcus, but didn't know he was Harry, why would she? They didn't look anything like, and no one told her who he was. Note she never said Harry died, just that she never saw him again... and she didn't.
- Thanks for the review.